John McGahern

John McGahern (born November 12, 1934 in Dublin , † March 30, 2006 ibid) was an Irish writer . His books are written in English. Some of his works have been translated into German.

Life

McGahern was born in Dublin in 1934 but spent his childhood in the country; first in Leitrim and after the death of his mother with his father in Roscommon . After graduating from high school, he studied elementary education at St Patrick's College of Education in Drumcondra / Dublin. He then taught at a primary school for a few years until he was released; he was accused of authoring pornography . His experience as a teacher in his novel The Taking Leave (dt. Farewells ) incorporated.

McGahern's grave in Leitrim

McGahern lived abroad for a couple of years before returning to Leitrim. He worked as a farmer and continued creative writing. Among other novels he wrote Amongst Women and That They May Face the Rising Sun , for which he received the Kerry Group Irish Fiction Award in 2002 and which was named Irish Novel of the Year in 2003. Three of his books were banned by the Catholic Church : The Dark , The Leavetaking , The Pornographer (in German: The Lover ). He has also published many short stories.

McGahern has worked as a university lecturer at various universities; from 1981 to 2006 as a lecturer in English at Colgate University , NY , USA.

He died of cancer in Dublin in 2006 at the age of 71 and was buried next to his mother in Leitrim.

Film adaptations

• 1995: An Irish Summer ( Korea )

Works

Novels

• The Barracks (1963)
  • The police kitchen or the person goes out like a light, by Elisabeth Schnack . Frankfurt am Main, Cologne: Edition Büchergilde 1978. ISBN 3-434-05026-4
• The Dark (1965)
  • The Dark, German by Elisabeth Schnack; Zurich, Einsiedeln, Cologne: Benziger 1969.
• The Leavetaking (1975)
  • Farewell, German from Elisabeth Schnack; Frankfurt am Main, Olten, Vienna: Gutenberg Book Guild 1984. ISBN 3-7632-2867-5
• The Pornographer (1980)
  • The Pornographer, German by Martin Hielscher; Göttingen: Steidl 1992. ISBN 3-88243-226-8
  • also as: The lover, same translation; Göttingen: Steidl 1996. ISBN 3-88243-427-9
• Amongst Women (1990)
  • Among women, German by Martin Hielscher . Göttingen: Steidl 1991. ISBN 3-88243-187-3
• That They May Face the Rising Sun (2001 / US title By the Lake )

Non-fiction

• Memoir (Autobiography / 2005 / US title All Will Be Well )
• Love of the World (Essays / 2009)
  • On such a night, German by Hans-Christian Oeser . Göttingen: Steidl 1998. ISBN 3-88243-552-6

stories

• Nightlines (1970)
• Getting Through (1978)
• High Ground (1985)
• The Collected Stories (1992)
  • The conversion of William Kirkwood (selection), German by Hans-Christian Oeser. Göttingen: Steidl 1998. ISBN 3-88243-566-6
• Creatures of the Earth: New and Selected Stories (2006)

Scripts / plays / radio plays

• Sinclair (radio play / 1971)
• Swallows (screenplay / television play / 1975)
• The Rockingham Shoot (Screenplay / TV Play / 1987)
• The Power of Darkness (stage play / 1991)

Web links

• Literature by and about John McGahern in the catalog of the German National Library
• John McGahern in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Images by John McGahern
• Portrait of John McGahern